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Cindy Payler

@focusfirst.bsky.social
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Political junkie, Retired Speech Pathologist, loves pets, photographer, guitar player, traveler, blue through and through 💙, finding a home outside of X 🚫DMs I will block you 🚫Porn

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MassShootingTracker @massshootingtrk.bsky.social · 14h
America's gun psychopathy continues: *431* mass shootings so far in 2026: 💔😡💔 #GunsDontMakeUsSafer The latest, with 5 people killed (including the perpetrator), at a home in Douglas, Ga.: www.walb.com/2026/10/10/m...
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5 people shot dead in apparent murder-suicide in Douglas
The Douglas Police Department has confirmed a deadly shooting that happened during the late night hours of Friday, Oct. 9.
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M Meerkat @kackbro.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
War With Iran Is Too Profitable For The Trump Family To Stop Now.....
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
An IRS investigator is suing the agency — claiming officials illegally leaked his confidential personnel records to federal prosecutors to punish him for years of whistleblowing on the agency's failure to tackle tax dodging.
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Whistle-Blower Says I.R.S. Leaked His Tax Records in Retaliation
Brian J. Visalli, a veteran investigator of tax fraud, said in a lawsuit that the agency had sent his personal and tax information to federal prosecutors.
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billkittle.bsky.social @billkittle.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
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Blue Oleta @blue-oleta.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
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Cami 🐸Truth Matters💙Good Troublemaker💙No DMs🚫No Posts=No Follow🚫 @cami4change.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Thoughts? #GeneralStrike #Midterms2026 #Pinks
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OB1 Rebel @ob1rebel.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
ICE agent commits crime and isn't arrested, as usual.
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ICE agent shoots man in New York City with five-year-old reportedly in car
Police say man taken to hospital and mayor says child physically unharmed as he condemns ‘unconscionable’ act
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M Meerkat @kackbro.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Trump's Revenge Tour Continues...
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Mad_as_hell (Maddie) @maddie-says.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Four cottonwood trees that had survived for roughly 200 years... gone. How do you look at something that has survived 200 years and decide, “Yeah, it's in the way; let's destroy it”? #DemVoice1 #ProudBlue #Pinks www.nbcnews.com/video/shorts...
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Border Patrol topples four 200-year-old cottonwood trees
Border Patrol topples four 200-year-old cottonwood trees
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Mabs A'Mabbin @mabsamabbin.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
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Killian in Running Man: Time to Start Running
Alt: Killian in Running Man: Time to Start Running
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MassShootingTracker @massshootingtrk.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
America's gun psychopathy continues: *428* mass shootings so far in 2026: 💔😡💔 #GunsDontMakeUsSafer The latest, with 4 juveniles wounded, in Meridianville, Ala.: www.waff.com/2026/10/08/h...
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4 juveniles injured in Meridianville shooting
Multiple people with apparent gunshot wounds were taken to Huntsville Hospital Wednesday night after an incident in Meridianville.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
More than 500 U.S. citizens have been detained by ICE, according to ProPublica. 70% of ICE detainees have no criminal conviction. Trump’s promise to go after the “worst of the worst” was always a lie. It was always a pretext to terrorize Black and brown communities. Remember this.
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More Than 500 U.S. Citizens Have Been Detained, Including Handcuffed or Held at Gunpoint, in Trump’s Immigration Crackdown — ProPublica
The government doesn’t track how often immigration officers detain U.S. citizens. So ProPublica did. We’ve found more th
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Miaganga @miaganga.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
It's almost like putting a quack anti-vaccine conspiracy theorist in charge of the nation's health policy has consequences. "The United States has now had more measles deaths in the past two years than we have had in the previous three decades combined...": www.ms.now/news/pennsyl...
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Pennsylvania’s measles outbreak is the largest in decades in the U.S.
The state has surpassed 1,000 measles cases this year, health officials said Monday, making it the largest outbreak in the U.S. in more than three decades.
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
New whistleblower complaint: The Trump admin pushed the FBI to investigate Los Angeles protesters in violation of their constitutional rights and the bureau's policies, a former FBI supervisor alleges in a new whistleblower complaint.
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FBI whistleblower says White House pushed unconstitutional probe of protesters
The former analyst says supervisors were told not to put things in writing, so many of the directives came in face-to-face meetings.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
I thought Trump’s tariffs were specifically designed to dramatically reduce this number to zero.
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Cindy Payler @focusfirst.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Trump administration refuses international election monitors for first time in over two decades The decision not to invite observers from the OSCE puts the U.S. alongside Russia and Belarus, while the Justice Department prepares to deploy its own poll monitors.
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Trump administration refuses international election monitors for first time in over 2 decades
The decision not to invite observers from the OSCE puts the U.S. alongside Russia and Belarus, while the Justice Department prepares to deploy its own poll monitors.
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MassShootingTracker @massshootingtrk.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
America's gun psychopathy continues: *426* mass shootings so far in 2026: 💔😡💔 #GunsDontMakeUsSafer The latest, with 4 people wounded, in Sacramento, Calif.: psnews.us/blog/2026/09...
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Four Injured in Related Shooting and Crash Scenes Near Granite Regional Park
Four people were injured in a Sacramento shooting near Granite Regional Park, with a related crash several miles away. Police are still investigating.
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 06/10/2026
NEWS: New York City just recorded the fewest shootings, shooting victims, and murders in recorded history through the first nine months of the year. Major crime is down 6.6% citywide, the largest year-to-date drop in 17 years, with declines in all five boroughs. 1/
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ebisback.bsky.social @ebisback.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Show me 😡
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Not that anyone needs a reminder but this man has the nuclear codes. Far too many people will just shrug this off or find some way to justify it. But Trump is unwell, incoherent, and a danger to us all.
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M Meerkat @kackbro.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Agreed.......
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Paulette Donahue @9kittens.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Use the 25th Amendment Now
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
BREAKING: Trump just caved — claiming online that his super PAC will now pay for those propaganda ads taxpayers had previously been funding.
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darren32359.bsky.social @darren32359.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Why is 🇺🇸 media not reporting on this 128 day Albanian protest of Kushner and Ivanka’s insane corruption?
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MassShootingTracker @massshootingtrk.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
America's gun psychopathy continues: *423* mass shootings so far in 2026: 💔😡💔 #GunsDontMakeUsSafer The latest, with a 15-yr-old boy and 3 other teens wounded, in Albany, N.Y.: www.news10.com/news/crime/1...
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1 killed, 3 injured in overnight shooting in Albany
A 15-year-old is dead and three other teenagers are injured following a shooting in Albany on Sunday, according to the Albany Police Department.
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Cindy Payler @focusfirst.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
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Dr. Jack Brown @drjackbrown.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Heads up if you live in Arizona, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Indiana, Kentucky, Mississippi, Ohio, Tennessee, or Texas – *today* is the last day to register to vote in the midterms. Make sure you're registered (even if you think you already are) – and Vote!
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Cindy Payler @focusfirst.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
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Democrats Organizing For America @democratsofa.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Still protecting pedophiles, eh CBS? Thanks for leaving out the fact that Hastert broke banking laws in an attempt to COVER UP THE FACT THAT HE MOLESTED TEENAGE BOYS when he was a coach!
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Pennsylvania’s reported measles cases are almost at 1,000 for the year.
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Cindy Payler @focusfirst.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
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Nancy Levine Stearns @nancylevinestearns.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
🚨NEW by me: New ICE facility for unaccompanied migrant kids is about to open in Louisiana. While ICE is sanitizing optics, calling it the "Alexandria Family Staging Center," lawmakers and child advocates are raising the roof warning of child trafficking risks. www.thequeenzone.com/new-ice-faci...
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New ICE Facility for Migrant Children Raises Alarm Over Trafficking Risks
A new ICE (U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement) facility for unaccompanied children, families, and single women is set to...
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 03/10/2026
Katie Phang: "Get the fuck out of here. Are you kidding me? You think it's a good use of taxpayers time and money to be able to do illegal redactions and withholds that are now forcing me to have to go and sue? Are you joking? But this is how Todd Blanche thinks."
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Clayton Tucker @claytontuckertx.com · 02/10/2026
🚨 BREAKING NEWS: A federal judge just HALTED the destruction of Big Bend. This is a massive victory for the landowners, local communities, and everyday Texans who stood up to protect one of our state's greatest treasures. The fight isn't over, but today, the people won.
Graphic from the Center for Biological Diversity over a scenic view of Big Bend. Large text reads, “MASSIVE WIN FOR BIG BEND.” Below, it says a federal judge has frozen all destruction throughout the Big Bend region until the project’s legality can be determined in court. The graphic adds that the Center will continue fighting to save Big Bend and asks supporters to join them.
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Dr. Princess Vimentin PhD | Cancer Biologist @princess-vimentin.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
This is huge! Another cancer responds well to immunotherapy. A child had metastatic liver cancer. The patient had chemotherapy & a liver resection. No avail. Then: Two infusions, eight weeks apart. Doctors saw complete regression. No systemic toxicity. 🧪 www.bcm.edu/news/care-st...
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CARE study reports complete regression of liver cancer in a child treated with novel immunotherapy
A new report in the New England Journal of Medicine by researchers at Baylor College of Medicine, Texas Children’s Hospital and Seattle Children’s...
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anahigian.bsky.social @anahigian.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Never vote Republican…
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
🚨BREAKING: In a win for voters, the Kansas Court of Appeals Friday denied Secretary of State Scott Schwab’s (R) latest request to revive a GOP-backed law that would throw out mail-in ballots received after Election Day, even if they were cast on time. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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GOP bid to scrap Kansas mail ballot grace period fails again
The ruling means Kansas election officials must continue counting ballots postmarked by Election Day and received within the following three days, including in the upcoming November elections.
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𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐲 𝐉.𝐒. 𝐃𝐞𝐜𝐞𝐩𝐢𝐝𝐚 🇨🇦 🇺🇦 ¬1𝜄 = 𝗇𝗈𝗍 𝗈𝗇𝖾 𝗂𝗈𝗍𝖺 @ajsdecepida.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
⁍ Trump told TIME the GOP convention drew 107M views and beat the NFL. ⁍ Nielsen data tell another story: about 2.5M watched his speech on Fox News; the NFL opener drew 25.1M. ⁍ Psaki calls him “untethered”; the numbers make the cleaner case. ➷ www.rawstory.com/jen-psaki-26...
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'Untethered' Trump admitted he's given up on midterms in sprawling interview: Jen Psaki
President Donald Trump is completely losing touch with reality and looking for anyone to validate his greatness as the American public turns on him, MS NOW's Jen Psaki said on Thursday evening.It's li...
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 02/10/2026
🚨 The last jobs report before the midterms is a disaster. Just 29,000 jobs added in September. Unemployment rose to 4.2%. July was revised down to a LOSS of 10,000 jobs, while August was revised down by 29,000 jobs, from 162,000 to 133,000. 1/
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ebisback.bsky.social @ebisback.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Good on you Sister's 👏
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Cindy Payler @focusfirst.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
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The Mouthy Renegade Writer @mouthyrenegade.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Good, lock that little shit-weasel up!
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Cindy Payler @focusfirst.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Amazing news! MLB has dropped its proposal for a baseball game in Grand Teton National Park! Thank you to everyone who pushed back and stood up for our parks!
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Norm Eisen @normeisen.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
BREAKING: a federal court in Seattle just slapped down Trump for illegally firing the U.S. Attorney there! We @democracydefendersfund.org & were proud with Ashurst Perkins to file a brief for dozens of BIPARTISAN former US attorneys advocating this outcome storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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Brief of Former United States Attorneys as Amici Curiae – #23, Att. #2 in Rogoff v. Trump (W.D. Wash., 2:26-cv-02566) – CourtListener.com
MOTION for Leave to File Brief as Amci Curiae, filed by Amicus Former United States as Amici Curiae. (Attachments: # 1 Proposed Order, # 2 Brief of Former United States Attorneys as Amici Curiae) Noti...
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Luca Migo @victinibcn.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Throwing suicidal detainees into solitary confinement is pure torture. ICE is punishing mental health crises with isolation—destroying vulnerable human beings in their darkest moments instead of giving them medical care. This cruelty MUST end! DEMAND HUMANITY NOW www.sbsun.com/2026/09/29/s...
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Suicidal ICE detainees are routinely put in solitary confinement. Experts say that’s inhumane
911 calls reveal multiple suicide attempts at Adelanto ICE center.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
The most corrupt administration in the history of the US by far. You could add up all instances of corruption by every other admin in US history and it will not equal the amount of corruption perpetrated by this one in less than 2 years.
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